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• November 1, 2026

  Nothing Posted Since April: ANOTHER BROWN ACT VIOLATION

  Bottom line up front The district’s website has no agendas since April and no minutes since February. Saved copies on the Internet Archive show its home page has never linked directly to a meeting agenda. The Brown Act requires agendas…

• November 1, 2026

  Left Off the Map

  Bottom line up front About 300 sewer-only customers pay for service every two months but can’t vote in district elections. A 2016 map change dropped them from the district boundary, and the district’s own minutes show it knew of the…

• November 1, 2026

  Eighteen Years Over an Audit

  Bottom line up front The district’s sewer litigation with the City of Fresno began in 2008, when the City sued to audit the district’s sewer billing. Eighteen years later the case is still in court, the judgment has grown to…

• November 1, 2026

  The Surcharge Nobody Can Explain

  Bottom line up front The district’s 2021 rate study is the source of a $4.07-per-1,000-square-foot surcharge on multi-family properties. The district has not produced a cost justification for it, and its own current consultant could not find one either. Proposition…

• November 1, 2026

  Same Water, Higher Bill

  Bottom line up front Multi-family properties pay a per-unit charge plus a surcharge on their total square footage. For one 196-unit park, that works out to about $46.58 per home, compared with $33.73 for a single-family home on a lot…

• October 28, 2026

  Four Records Requests, No Records

  Since August, I have asked Pinedale County Water District for public records four times. I have not received a single page. Here is what happened, and what I think it means.

• October 28, 2026

  Urgent in July, Patient in October

  In July, the district's lawsuit over who gets to vote in its elections was an emergency. In October, it apparently isn't. Here is what the court file shows.